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Margaret Garb, PhD, associate professor of history in Arts & Sciences, will be featured on the genealogy program “Who Do You Think You Are” Sunday, March 29. The episode centers on actor Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace”) and Irish immigrants in Chicago.

Elaine Mardis, PhD, the Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Distinguished Professor of Medicine, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Yun Ju Sung, PhD, assistant professor of biostatistics and of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $718,950 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Statistical Methods For Genomic Dissection of Cardiovascular Diseases.”

Washington University in St. Louis graduate and “Wiggle” hitmaker Sean Douglas will be among the music industry insiders who will speak at “Making It in the Music Industry: A Panel Discussion with Music Professionals.” The event is at 3 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Danforth University Center, Room 234.

“For the Sake of All,” the multidisciplinary project begun in 2013 that examined and now aims to improve the health and well-being of African Americans in St. Louis, has received a $100,000 gift from Wells Fargo Advisors. The gift will further the project’s reach into the community by facilitating conversations with, and giving voice to, young people in the region.

Siteman Cancer Center’s parent institutions have named two new leaders in radiation oncology. Dan Kinzel is executive director of radiation oncology at Washington University School of Medicine. Sharon Endicott is director of radiation oncology for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Three seniors in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis have been chosen for the Society of Illustrators’ 2015 Student Scholarship Competition exhibition.

Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo, PhD, assistant dean in Arts & Sciences, has been appointed by the Missouri Arts Council to serve on its advisory panel for festivals. Her term runs until June 30, 2016.

Kendall J. Blumer, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a four-year, $2.2 million renewal grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Mechanism and Regulation of Receptor-G Protein Signaling.”

Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD, professor of developmental biology and of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $1.56 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “eNAMPT-mediated Adipo-hypothalamic Communication for NAD+ Production and Aging.”